Gardaí paid €1.1m in 2017 to police 10 events

An Garda Síochána was paid more than €1.1m to police 10 of the country’s biggest events last year — with Electric Picnic topping the charts, figures reveal.

The Stradbally festival was the most expensive event of 2017 from a policing point of view, with promoters paying €307,980 in fees for gardaí to cover the event.

The Irish Examiner sought the 10 most costly events policed by An Garda Síochána in 2017, in terms of the non-public duty services provided by gardaí, and the associated fees charged to the events’ organisers.